i think it's what we call the plow horse economy. we've heard negative talk about the economomy every time there'a dip or a zip or a zag in the numbers, tse are highly technical economic terms by the way. there's lots of bears out there that are ready to pounce and tell people that the economy is done, it's going to head back to another recession or it's going to slow down precipitously. and yet for almost four years now, we'veeen about 2% growth. it's what we call the plow horse economy. it's not a race horse. and we just continue to grow. we've had 37 straight months of private sector job growth. the weakness in retail sales in march appears to us to be becausof a -- believe it or not, an ear easter and problems seasonally adjusting those data. >> wait, wait, but hold on. because the early easter and passover and everything else came into march, shouldn't that have boosted retail sales? >> well, yeah, but remember we seasonally adjust the numbers. so we know that sales go up, for example, at christmas. we also know that sales go up